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Tuesday, February 12, 2013

K-pop venue to be built in Goyang

A rendering of the “K-pop Arena” to be built in Goyang by 2016. / Courtesy of Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism

A performance venue dedicated to K-pop will be built in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, northwest of Seoul.

The
Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism announced Friday that it
selected the city to host the long-desired project for the Korean pop
industry.

The venue, tentatively dubbed “K-pop
Arena” is expected to be completed in late 2016. Once finished, it will
have a main concert hall capable of holding 18,000 and a second venue
with about 2,000 seats.

The ministry and Gyeonggi Province are expected to sign a memorandum of understanding sometime in March.

The
decision was made after the concept was proposed by the Korea Culture
and Tourism Institute and reviewed by music and performing arts experts
as well as academics regarding the size of the lot, accessibility, the
environment and economic viability.

K-pop is a
booming industry with fans from around the world flying in to watch
concerts, and K-pop stars spending months each year performing abroad.
Industry insiders have long called for building such a performance venue
for the further sustainable growth of K-pop and “hallyu” or the Korean
wave.